[Athen] Speech Recognition or Speech to Text

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And I always make the distinction between “speech recognition” which is what you encounter on phones…responses to a limited vocabulary; and voice recognition which is the full Dragon Naturally Speaking/dictation software.

 

It is like making the distinction between screen readers and Text-to-Speech tools.

 

Cheers, Karen

 

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When I do training or presentations on adaptive technology, I refer specifically to Dragon NaturallySpeaking as either dictation software or voice recognition for the same reasons that Dan Comden mentions: I use it to distinguish between a specific type of sophisticated dictation software versus the more common less sophisticated speech to text apps such as Google voice typing for example.  I think it's important to be able to make the distinction between common speech to text software available for quick notes in the voice recognition/voice navigation capabilities of the more sophisticated software found in Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

 

 

Wink Harner

Accessibility Consultant/Alternative Text Production

The Foreign Type

Portland OR
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This email was dictated using Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Please forgive quirks, misrecognitions, or errata .

 

 

On Wed, Aug 2, 2023 at 11:16 AM Kevin Price <Kevin.Price at ucf.edu <mailto:Kevin.Price at ucf.edu> > wrote:

ATHENers,

We are having a debate in our office about when we Dragon software or other similar software should we call it “Speech to Text” or “Speech Recognition” technology.   Which do you use when describing this technology to people at your university?  I have always used Speech recognition but some people thought Speech to Text was more understandable.

Kevin

 

Kevin Price, MSW
Assistant Director of Accessible Technology
Student Accessibility Services
Ginsburg Center for Inclusion and Community Engagement

University of Central Florida
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